AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News Talk Leader » Walmart http://kmmsam.com Tue, 21 May 2013 08:06:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Tom's Opinion: Employee Exploitation http://kmmsam.com/toms-opinion-employee-exploitation/ http://kmmsam.com/toms-opinion-employee-exploitation/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:00:51 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=133023 There is no shortage of posts on Facebook, Twitter and others about the so-called “little guy” getting the shaft from their fat cat business owners.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/toms-opinion-employee-exploitation/feed/ 0 Photo by Darren Hauck/Getty Images A Trip to McDonald's http://kmmsam.com/a-trip-to-mcdonalds/ http://kmmsam.com/a-trip-to-mcdonalds/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:00:24 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=118483 Last Sunday I was parked in front of the big screen for Super Bowl XLVII watching lots of calorie laden commercials. Doritos, beer, and that creepy Jared guy from Subway.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/a-trip-to-mcdonalds/feed/ 0 NEW YORK - JULY 18: A McDonald's restaurant sign lists calorie counts July 18, 2008 in New York City. New York is now the first city in the country to implement a law forcing chain restaurants to post the calorie count of each food next to the items on their menus. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Walmart Employees Confront Shoplifter, Shoplifter Winds Up Dead http://kmmsam.com/walmart-shoplifting-death/ http://kmmsam.com/walmart-shoplifting-death/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:08:26 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=151055 An unidentified man has died after a confrontation with two Walmart employees and a contract security guard at the superstore's Lithonia, Georgia, location.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/walmart-shoplifting-death/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Walmart Employees Throwing, Tossing, and Spiking iPads [VIDEO] http://kmmsam.com/walmart-employees-throwing-tossing-and-spiking-ipads-videos/ http://kmmsam.com/walmart-employees-throwing-tossing-and-spiking-ipads-videos/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:00:35 +0000 Cole http://bozemanskissfm.com/?p=129303 A YouTube video surfaced today that depicts Walmart employees bragging about how they throw, drop and spike iPad boxes in the warehouse. The creators will no doubt lose their jobs, but have they also tainted Walmart's image as a reliable retailer?

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/walmart-employees-throwing-tossing-and-spiking-ipads-videos/feed/ 0 Walmart Tests iPhone App to Speed Up Checkout Process http://kmmsam.com/walmart-tests-iphone-app-to-speed-up-checkout-process/ http://kmmsam.com/walmart-tests-iphone-app-to-speed-up-checkout-process/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:14:30 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=139596 Walmart, the world’s largest retail chain, is currently testing a “scan and go” iPhone application that would allow customers to scan items as they shop and pay more quickly and conveniently at a self-checkout counter.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/walmart-tests-iphone-app-to-speed-up-checkout-process/feed/ 0 Daniel Aguilar, Getty Images Study Finds Target Is Cheaper Than Walmart — Dollars and Sense http://kmmsam.com/study-finds-target-is-cheaper-than-walmart-dollars-and-sense/ http://kmmsam.com/study-finds-target-is-cheaper-than-walmart-dollars-and-sense/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:34:35 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=136889 If you’re a Walmart shopper because you’re cost-conscious, it may be time to switch your allegiances — turns out Target is now cheaper, and the pricing gap between the two mega-stores is the widest it’s been in two years.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/study-finds-target-is-cheaper-than-walmart-dollars-and-sense/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Does Living Near a Walmart Make Your House More Valuable? — Dollars and Sense http://kmmsam.com/walmart-house-dollars-and-sense/ http://kmmsam.com/walmart-house-dollars-and-sense/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:10:50 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=111752 Many communities gripe when Walmart considers moving in, but a new report indicates homes near the stores actually rise in value when the megachain comes to town.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/walmart-house-dollars-and-sense/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Most Creative Way To Sell A House http://kmmsam.com/most-creative-way-to-sell-a-house/ http://kmmsam.com/most-creative-way-to-sell-a-house/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:33:48 +0000 Mark Allen http://kmmsam.com/?p=36489 I was at Walmart and was walking up to the front of the store and noticed that someone had a sign in their Jeep window. Thought the CAR was for sale. Nope...a house. What? Where is the picture and price

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/most-creative-way-to-sell-a-house/feed/ 0 Woman Claims She Was Kicked Out of Walmart for Wearing a Bikini [VIDEO] http://kmmsam.com/woman-claims-kicked-out-of-walmart-wearing-bikini-video/ http://kmmsam.com/woman-claims-kicked-out-of-walmart-wearing-bikini-video/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:45:14 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=29642 Sandi McMillin says  she was kicked out of Walmart for wearing a bikini — the very same bikini she bought at a Walmart.

“I was horrified,” the Eugene, Oregon woman told KVAL. “I am embarrassed. I hadn’t done anything obnoxious or outlandish.”

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/woman-claims-kicked-out-of-walmart-wearing-bikini-video/feed/ 0 Walmart Shoplifter Goes Crazy After Getting Caught in the Act http://kmmsam.com/walmart-shoplifter-goes-crazy-after-getting-caught-in-the-act/ http://kmmsam.com/walmart-shoplifter-goes-crazy-after-getting-caught-in-the-act/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 15:38:08 +0000 1450 KMMS AM http://kmmsam.com/?p=5822 Stay classy, Walmart shoppers!

Police in Bradenton, Florida arrested a woman last Wednesday after she went loco when a store official stopped her while she tried to leave with a cart of goods she hadn't purchased.

When initially confronted, 22-year-old Myra Mays tried to hit an employee with a bar stool she had stuffed into her cart. She then knocked over a display of gas grills, which caused over $1,000 in damage.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/walmart-shoplifter-goes-crazy-after-getting-caught-in-the-act/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt/Getty Images Walmart's Thinking Healthy? http://kmmsam.com/walmarts-thinking-healthy/ http://kmmsam.com/walmarts-thinking-healthy/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:42:11 +0000 1450 KMMS AM http://kmmsam.com/?p=2465 Walmart is making a change. Big time. To help promote a healthier lifestyle they are using their monsturous selling power to limit the amount of unhealthy food in the products they sell. Have you noticed more "healthy" food usually costs more than the "normal" food? Walmart aims to end this and make a few other changes.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/walmarts-thinking-healthy/feed/ 0 Douglas C. Pizac / AP NOPE-Alitano And Wally World http://kmmsam.com/nope-alitano-and-wally-world/ http://kmmsam.com/nope-alitano-and-wally-world/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:04:21 +0000 Mark Allen http://kmmsam.com/?p=1054 The Head of Homeland Security wants you to keep an eye out for terrorists the next time your at Walmart.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/nope-alitano-and-wally-world/feed/ 0 100 Year Old Walmart Greeter Gets Floored http://kmmsam.com/100-year-old-walmart-greeter-gets-floored/ http://kmmsam.com/100-year-old-walmart-greeter-gets-floored/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:00:24 +0000 Mark Allen http://kmmsam.com/?p=885 Should 100 year old ladies really be doing security duties at Walmart?

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